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Alternative/extention for AnyOf command

Hi,

Now when devs want to do the OR-like logical operation ob their objects they have to do it in one of the ways presented

Locals.MyString="AAA" || Locals.MyString="BBB" || Locals.MyString="CCC"

AnyOf(Locals.MyString="AAA",Locals.MyString="BBB",Locals.MyString="CCC")

Wouldn't be better if devs could use SQL-like syntax like, for example, below:

Locals.MyString IN ("AAA","BBB","CCC")

Locals.MyString=("AAA"||"BBB"||"CCC")

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Hi,

Before proposal a bit of introduction.

It is not well known feature that we can name the containers. This feature can be very useful if we consider naming the array elements. Using it we can access array elements not by index but by the name we give them.

To illustrate this feature please have a look at the picture below.

Using this feature we can access elements not only like that

Locals.Cnt[0]
Locals.Cnt[1]
...

But like that as well.

Locals.Cnt["P112"]
Locals.Cnt["P113"]
...

This is an existing feature. What is new then?

The proposal:

For all looping steps For For Each I'd like to propose to introduce additional array element loop variable called Current Name.

In this field devs could reference a variable which will be storing the name of the

What is beneficial?

Using this we can access element of the array of cluster independently from their location in the array and proposed idea will let easily access to the elements from within the loop. We can bind against the name not the index only.

O course it would be even more beneficial even devs could name element array of ANY type not containers only.

We can also name the elements of the array which consists of containers. In this way we can have nice binding method and instead call the array elements vie index we can call them by its name (string). The postulate additional array element loop variable could be just below the current subscript form. The current view of the For Each Loop looks like below.

The benefit of this additional array would be that we would know the current name of the element and we could call this element using its name not a number. Then developers could use that name to call the element in that loop by using its name.

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Hi,

Now, when we iterate over any multidimensional array, in this example let it to be a 4D array, using ForEach loop the order of iterating is bit surprising.

For example for the array like defined like that

AnArray[0..4][0..3][0..2][0..1]

The order of iteration is like that the loop start iterating elements from first dimension first [0..4], then from second [0..3], third [0..2] and fourth [0..1]. So from left to right, in shorthand.

For me this order seems to be bit surprising. I'd expect rather the ForEach loop will start iterating from right to left as it'd be if we replace ForEach loop with four nested For loops:

for (int i = 0; i <= 4; i++)
{
    for(int j = 0; j <= 3; j++)
    {
        for(int k = 0; k <= 2; k++)
        {
            for(int l = 0; l <= 1; l++)
            {
                AnArray[i][j][k][l]
            }
        }
   }
}

There are some advantages using ForEach loop over ordinary For loop. For example ForEach loop is dimension independed.

Is there any chance developers can have an option or flag which change the order of iteration for ForEach loop from left to right to right to left?

PS: I've started the topic in normal forum here, but after dug9000 input, I'm posting it here.

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A coworker of my is taking the TestStand training for the first time and I asked him what he thought. He has been developing software in Visual Studio for some time now (C#, VB.net, etc). One of his feedback was the extra steps needed to create variable seemed excessive. His point gave me an idea that I thought would be very nice to have.

Currently, in the expression editor, when you start typing there will be a small popup suggesting existing variables to select. Wouldn't it be nice that it also gave you the option to create the variable right there.

Say for example I'll need to place my module return data into a variable but I didn't think ahead and create a local variable. Now, I am in the expressin editor and I start typing 'local.' and then the name of my none existing variable "newVar". The little popup that shows the existing varialbes detects that what I've typed doesn't exist and gives me a new button where I can create it and assign a data type. No going over to the variable editor window...

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Recently I've discovered misleading TestStand behavior.

In the case where in the sequence we have two steps with the same name and we'd like to refer to the SECOND step via its name like shown below:

TestStand allows us to do this, but during the execution, this reference is bind to the FIRST instance of the step:

In this caseTest D should fail showing result 12 not 10.

So, TS allows me to pick a step I want, however it looks like TS binds it to the first match on the list; so it is a lie.

In my opinion TS should either:

--don't let me do this, or

--implicitly bind it using unique step ID.

Anyway the current behavior (TS2014) is ambiguos and shall be treated as a bug.

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In thw Sequence editor, in Tools -> Update VI calls - > Type of calls To Update -> Process Standard VI Calls another two entries could be added in the combo box. Apart from existing:

   * Report Problems Only (No Changes Will Be Made)
   * Reload Prototype if Modified
   * Force Prototype to Reload

These two options below shall be consider to be added.

   * Resave (recompile?) Code Module (VI)
   * Resave (recompile?) Code Module (VI) with all dependencies

I think this feature could be used in case like happened to me:

I had to update one of my global TypeDefinition (*.ctl) which is called by a lot of VIs from my project. When I did it, a lot of VIs were suddenly unable to load under RTE. So, manually I had to open every VI called by TS and do Open and Save (accepting recompiling) actions. I don't have to tellyou that was very boring and long task...

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Hi,

In the bottom right corner of the Sequence editor window (or in other place if you find more suitable) please display information about type of the adapter server.

For example for LV Adapter it would be information about whether Adapter is set to wok with LV Development System, LV Runtime Engine or other executables. For HTBasis Server it would be HTB Runtime Server or HTB Development Server.

During the development I have to often switch between LV Dev environment and RTE. To do that you have to click three times to go trough modal window to get this information. If you do this often it's getting painful.

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It'd would be good if in the Step settings for LV modules we can have a button which can trigger the test saying is that module going to work when we change Development Environment (DE) to Run Time Engine (RTE).

Now, in case like this, we have only a dry information saying TS cannot load the module because probably VI is broken. Problem is, when we switch over to DE VI is NOT broken.

Of course the reason behind is that RTE has not enough information to call one of dependencies, or there is ambiguity in calling a sub-module - for example a dependent sub-module is used called by step earlier.

So, summarising, the test like that would be quite needed (saving time of development), and information returns shall be more detailed indicating the sub-module cannot be loaded by RTE and why.

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Alternative/extention for AnyOf command

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